Last I heard lacerations, head wounds, arterial perforations, concussions, contusions and all other serious internal and external damage was best treated at your local Emergency Room. For all severe trauma you really should call the appropriate authorities, John, and not LDS Family Services. It is rather irresponsible of you to suggest the LDS community, even disaffected members thereof, call LDSFS instead of 911 when there are serious injuries to be dealt with.

You have clearly not seen the rooms at LDSSF for victims of trauma. It's quite a sight. (I was there for a brief time trying to recover from the blacks and the priesthood issue, and have to thank the nurse who just walked the halls with me whispering, "It'll be all right. They've put a disclaimer in _Mormon Doctrine_. You'll get past this."Others are in far worse shape. The burn units, as you might guess, are the worst. Victims of self-immolation (a few Cheney protesters and others reacting to the trailer for _September Dawn_, burning themselves in a surge of generational guilt) endure their baths. Enya plays constantly, and there's a lot of aroma therapy, mostly eucalyptus and jasmine.

I don't think you should be so hard on LDSSF without seeing the good they're actually doing.